Herr Etienne Piguet

PROF, UNIVERSITE DE NEUCHATEL

Etienne Piguet (Phd. /University of Lausanne/1998) is Professor at the Institute of geography of the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland). He is the former vice-president of the Swiss federal commission for migration (CFM/EKM). E. Piguet is specialized in migration studies with a focus on the migration/climate change nexus. He has written extensively on issues of migration flows, refugees, labour market integration of migrants, discrimination, statelessness, etc. He was Review editor for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 5th assessment report. His latest book adresses asylum issues in Europe (Asile et réfugiés – Repenser la protection – Presses poytechniques romandes). He is currently involved in research on climate change perceptions and mobilities in Western Africa.